Chlamydia and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 – STD Interviews

STD Interviews - Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2

This interview came in as an anonymous submission via the contact form, and from there the author and I exchanged a few emails. She said, ‘Writing about my situation really makes me feel a lot better.’ Consequently, she’ll be posting a follow-up to this interview (which I’ll link through to once she does) in short [...]

STD Awareness Month 2013 & Our 1yr. Anniversary

Celebrating STD Awareness Month & Our 1 yr. Anniversary!

STD Awareness Month is like Christmas for us here at The STD Project – er, that statement just seems odd… How about, it’s like Forth of July for The STD Project? Oh, bother – still odd. I digress. Needless to say, April is an exciting time for us – let’s just leave it at that! [...]

Why Talking About STDs is Healing – Happy Hump Day Podcasts

Why Talking About STDs is Healing

Hiya, folks! We’ve got an interesting podcast in store for you today – I think it’s bound to inspire, and it further outlines the foundation of The STD Project and why we talk about STDs all of the time – out loud! See what you think… What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a Podcast In an [...]

Living with HSV – ‘The ‘someone else’…was me…’ – STD Interviews

STD Interviews - Living with HSV

This interview came to us as an anonymous submission via the contact form. What’s great about this post is that it amalgamates the two story-telling formats we have on The STD Project rather beautifully – STD Interviews and free-form writing. The author chose to answer the interview questions, which, can be a nice point of [...]

HPV & HSV1 – The Year of 2 STDs – Interviewing the Author – Happy Hump Day Podcasts

Interviewing the Author of the STD Interview - HPV & HSV1

As promised, today, we’re interviewing Lindsey Wahowiak author of our most recent STD Interview as well as the xoJane post titled, ’The Year of Two STDs or Why My Vagina Has Been on Hiatus.’ Not only was it an absolute delight having Lindsey on the show, she’s agreed to come back and chat with us again [...]

HPV & HSV1 – The Year of 2 STDs – STD Interviews

STD Interview about HPV and Living with HSV1

This interview was written by Lindsey Wahowiak, author of the xoJane post titled, ’The Year of Two STDs or Why My Vagina Has Been on Hiatus.’ Having found Lindsey via the xoJane post, I knew her story would touch our readers and I was delighted when she agreed to contribute.  Telling one’s story either publicly or [...]

Living with HSV1 – One Reader’s Fresh Perspective

HSV1 - Herpes - One Reader's Fresh Perspective

This short story was written by a 23 year old female law student who is living with HSV1. Contracting HSV1 In the summer of 2011, I was dating a very nice, clean-cut boy on leave from the military who performed oral sex on me, resulting in a few herpes bumps a week later. I don’t [...]

External Outreach – Living with Herpes Posts on BlogHer and EmpowHer

Living with Herpes Stories on BlogHer and EmpowHer

Hi Folks! I’ve been spending some time on the BlogHer and EmpowHer networks the last couple of days writing versions of my story to share with others, and I wanted to make sure to link to them here as well, so you guys have an opportunity to read what I’ve written there too.  Posts About [...]